The Lebanese in Ecuador: A History of Emerging Leadership

by Lois Roberts

By the 1990s, the mere handful of immigrants sent to Ecuador by the Lebanese diaspora at the turn of the century led the nation as presidents, bankers, and industrialists, which caused a concerned politician to warn of the "Bedouization of Ecuador." This book examines the historical roots of both the Lebanese and the Ecuadoreans, and it offers a systematic treatment of the Lebanese within Ecuador's ongoing twentieth-century history as they gained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813337186
• ISBN13: 9780813337180
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"